Cell Divide Lab Report

A Cell must divide if cells get too large because materials like oxygen, water and glucose cannot move in and waste moves out of the cell membrane efficiently. If cells cannot get all the nutrients it needs, the cell will die.

In class we did two labs that represented what happens to cells as they get bigger. The first lab that we did was that we blew up tree balloons that were different sizes small, medium and large. The different sizes represent the different sizes of cells. The Circumference or the small balloon was 17th cm and the radius was 2.70. the larger balloon was 28 cm and having a ratio of 3. 80.4. The surface area for the small balloon was 91. 60 and the large bowling surface area was 254. 30.This shows as the balloon got bigger the cell membrane got bigger the organelles and cytoplasm could not keep up, but the smaller the balloon was represented the opposite. This also shows that the Volume grows faster than the surface area, the cell does and that the membrane can't keep up. This is a huge problem that causes the cell to divide. as we blew up the balloons this

the cell will die if material such as water oxygen and glucose aren't provided. When a cell divides it separates into two small cells, which have a better surface area-to-volume ratio that the big cell. This is why cells need to divide in order to survive and get the necessary materials they need because it is best 2 haveSmaller cells because they have surface-to-volume ratio this is better for your function. In data table 1 it shows the large that the Large Cube thighs was 3 cm and the surface area was 54 cm 2, volume was 27 cm 3 and the surface area to volume ratio was 2: 1 meaning this's very bad. the cell is the worst ratio Because this is bad for the cell. the small cube size was 1 cm and the surface area was 6 cm 2, volume was 1 cm3 and the surface area to volume ratio was 6: 1 which is very good 4 a cell, and that's what you want for a